Nothing is impossible in a world where trolls exist and where the dream sphere can affect those who are living. In Wrong Husband, the dream world has a spirit that kills the husband of Nujatut (Leah Panimera), leaving her vulnerable. Conveniently, a fellow Inuk canoes his way to her camp, asking her to marry him. She reluctantly agrees. This means that she had to take her ‘older’ sister Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq), breaking her engagement with Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik).
I’m not the happiest with TIFF right now but at least they bring Wrong Husband to audiences who are willing. It’s trying new things, and some of those new things work better than others, specifically, the troll doesn’t work here. So they just kidnap Nujatut’s other sister when she was younger and after that, he just observes other events? The dream world and spirits obviously work better because they have direct consequences to the characters in the fantasy film.
And although Wrong Husband has lulls, it’s really not as boring as others say, even from those I actually trust. I do wish that Kaujak does more than just pray for the spirits or maybe even Sapa to get her out of her predicament. Sure, Kaujak is a bit on the damsel-y side but she’s still defiant and conversations with her sister are meaningful. A film like this does show how men see women as wives but they’re their own people who can choose their husbands.
- Rated: Unrated
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Release Date: 9/14/2025
- Directed by: Zacharias Kunuk
- Starring: Haiden Angutimarik, Leah Panimera, Theresia Kappianaq
- Produced by: Jonathan Frantz, Samuel Cohn-Cousineau
- Written by: Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, Zacharias Kunuk
- Studio: Kingulliit Productions
